Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 7231 — Umayyah bin Abi al-Salt was in Gaza

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حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُقْبِلٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ، ثنا مُجَاشِعُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْأَسَدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، أَنَّ أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ كَانَ بِغَزَّةَ - أَوْ قَالَ: بِإِيلِيَّا - فَلَمَّا قَفَلْنَا، قَالَ لِي أُمَيَّةُ: يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ، إِنْ نَتَقَدَّمْ عَنِ الرُّفْقَةِ، فَنَتَحَدَّثْ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَفَعَلْنَا فَقَالَ لِي: يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ، أَيُّهُنَّ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ؟ قُلْتُ: أَيُّهُنَّ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ؟ قَالَ: كَرِيمُ الطَّرَفَيْنِ، وَيَجْتَنِبُ الْمَظَالِمَ وَالْمَحَارِمَ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: وَشَرِيفٌ مُسِنٌّ؟ قُلْتُ: وَشَرِيفٌ مُسِنٌّ. قَالَ: السِّنُّ وَالشَّرَفُ أزْرَيَا بِهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: كَذَبْتَ، مَا ازْدَادَ سِنًّا إِلَّا ازْدَادَ شَرَفًا، قَالَ: يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ، إِنَّهَا لَكَلِمَةٌ مَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا يَقُولُهَا لِي مُنْذُ تَنَصَّرْتُ لَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى أُخْبِرَكَ. قَالَ: هَاتِ، قَالَ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَجِدُ فِي كُتُبِي نَبِيًّا يُبْعَثُ مِنْ حَرَّتِنَا هَذِهِ فَكُنْتُ أَظُنُّ، بَلْ كُنْتُ لَا أَشُكُّ أَنِّي هُوَ، فَلَمَّا دَارَسْتُ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا هُوَ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ فَنَظَرْتُ فِي بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَدًا يَصْلُحُ لِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ غَيْرَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، فَلَمَّا أَخْبَرْتَنِي بِسِنِّهِ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِهِ حِينَ جَاوَزَ الْأَرْبَعِينَ، وَلَمْ يُوحَ إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ: فَضَرَبَ الدَّهْرُ مَنْ ضَرَبَهُ، وَأُوحِيَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَخَرَجْتُ فِي رَكْبٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أُرِيدُ الْيَمَنَ فِي تِجَارَةٍ، فَمَرَرْتُ بِأُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كَالْمُسْتَهْزِئِ بِهِ: يَا أُمَيَّةُ، قَدْ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تَنْتَظِرُ، قَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ حَقٌّ فَاتَّبِعْهُ. قُلْتُ: مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ اتِّبَاعِهِ؟ قَالَ: مَا يَمْنَعُنِي مِنَ اتِّبَاعِهِ إِلَّا الِاسْتِحْيَاءُ مِنْ نَسَيَاتِ ثَقِيفٍ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُحَدِّثُهُنَّ أَنِّي هُوَ، ثُمَّ يُرِيَنَّنِي تَابِعًا لِغُلَامٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أُمَيَّةُ: وَكَأَنِّي يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ إِنْ خَالَفْتُهُ قَدْ رُبِطْتُ كَمَا يُرْبَطُ الْجَدْيُ حَتَّى يُؤْتَى بِكَ إِلَيْهِ فَيَحْكُمَ فِيكَ مَا يُرِيدُ "

It is narrated from Abu Sufyan bin Harb (may Allah be pleased with him) that Umayyah bin Abi al-Salt was in Gaza — or he said: in Iliya'. When we were returning, Umayyah said to me: O Abu Sufyan! What if we go ahead of the caravan and talk? I said: Very well. So we did, and he said to me: O Abu Sufyan! Tell me something about Utbah bin Rabi'ah? I said: (What do you ask) about Utbah bin Rabi'ah? He said: Noble on both sides (of his lineage), one who avoids injustice and forbidden things? I said: Yes. He said: And honoured, advanced in age? I said: And honoured, advanced in age. He said: Age and honour have diminished him. I said to him: You have lied; the older he has grown, the more honoured he has become. He said: O Abu Sufyan! This is something I have not heard anyone say to me since I became a Christian. Do not be hasty with me until I tell you. I said: Tell me. He said: I used to find in my books that a prophet would be sent from this land of ours, and I used to think, rather I had no doubt, that it was I. Then when I studied with the people of knowledge, it turned out that he would be from Banu Abd Manaf. So I looked among Banu Abd Manaf, and I found no one fit for this matter except Utbah bin Rabi'ah. Then when you told me his age, I knew that it was not he, since he has passed forty and no revelation has come to him. Abu Sufyan said: Then time struck down whom it struck down, and revelation came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I set out in a caravan of Quraysh heading for Yemen to trade, and I passed by Umayyah bin Abi al-Salt. I said to him, mocking him: O Umayyah! The prophet you were waiting for has appeared. He said: Listen, he is true, so follow him. I said: What prevents you from following him? He said: Nothing prevents me from following him except shame before the women of Thaqif; I used to tell them that I was that prophet, and then they would see me a follower of a young man from Banu Abd Manaf! Then Umayyah said: And it is as if I see you, O Abu Sufyan, if you oppose him, tied up as a young goat is tied, until you are brought to him and he judges concerning you as he wishes.

Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الصاد / 7231

Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 8، صفحہ 5، حدیث 7262

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